I find it difficult to imagine that failing to submit a form that does not involve obtaining any kind of approval, would be something you get criminally charged for. To what end would criminal penalties be given for such a benign infraction?
Try not filing the taxes in the US.
> would be something you get criminally charged for.
They clearly just charged him with everything they could think of.
Even the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_...